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A review by nina_reads_books
Here Is the Beehive by Sarah Crossan
4.0
I was really intrigued when I heard about Here Is the Beehive. It is written in verse which is a style I am very unfamiliar with. It is also about a woman grieving the loss of a man she has been having an affair with for three years.
Ana discovers that her secret lover Connor is dead after his wife Rebecca contacts the law firm she works at to discuss his will. No one knows that Ana has lost the man she loves, least of all her husband and two children.
This a story about loss and heartache, grieving in isolation and about how being secretly unfaithful impacts a whole family. The storyline has the potential of being distasteful – Ana has wilfully cheated on her husband and significantly neglects both her husband and children which is not something with which I identify. But the way this book is written is breathtaking and compelling and the verse sweeps you along.
This is a short book but the use of verse makes every single word count. Sarah Crossan has masterfully laid the unlikeable characters emotions bare.
I read three quarters of this book in one sitting before being too tired to read further. I think had I read this through in one go I could have given this 5 stars but the one break made the final quarter feel slightly disjointed. I highly recommend this book and if you can read it in one go. Very clever writing!
Ana discovers that her secret lover Connor is dead after his wife Rebecca contacts the law firm she works at to discuss his will. No one knows that Ana has lost the man she loves, least of all her husband and two children.
This a story about loss and heartache, grieving in isolation and about how being secretly unfaithful impacts a whole family. The storyline has the potential of being distasteful – Ana has wilfully cheated on her husband and significantly neglects both her husband and children which is not something with which I identify. But the way this book is written is breathtaking and compelling and the verse sweeps you along.
This is a short book but the use of verse makes every single word count. Sarah Crossan has masterfully laid the unlikeable characters emotions bare.
I read three quarters of this book in one sitting before being too tired to read further. I think had I read this through in one go I could have given this 5 stars but the one break made the final quarter feel slightly disjointed. I highly recommend this book and if you can read it in one go. Very clever writing!